The North Korean Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Hyon Hak Bong, is still in London, sources familiar with DPRK foreign affairs told NK News on Thursday.

South Korean media outlet Chosun Ilbo on Thursday reported North Korea had reshuffled the heads of his diplomatic mission in Europe in the aftermath of the defection of high-profile North Korean diplomat Thae Yong Ho.

Chosun Ilbo said Hyon was interrogated in Pyongyang when he was summoned in August, part of an attempt to investigate figures who had recruited and supported Thae.

Thae, who held the position of Minister under Hyon, fled to the South in